高中英语必修2二Unit 5 music精品教案设计

英语必修二第五单元

Unit 5 music

The theme of this unit is music which introduces students some kinds of music by reading a story of a band named The Monkees and listening to story of Freddy and his band. The purpose is to help students to get to know different types of music and related musical knowledge.

This unit also aims to build up students` ability to express their opinions by using the target language, to ask for advice, to use the attributive clause with preposition + which / whom correctly , and to write a short passage about Chinese folk music through e-mail.

Vocabulary: roll, folk, jazz, musician, pretend, attach, form, passer-by, earn, extra, instrument, perform, performance, pub, cash, studio, millionaire, actor, rely, broadcast, humorous, familiar, attractive, addition, dip, confidence, brief, devotion, afterwards, invitation, beard, sensitive, painful, dream of, to be honest, attach…to, in cash, play jokes on, rely on, be / get familiar with, or so, break up, in addition, sort out, above all Functions:

I think we should……., Should we go….. What if we…..? What do you think….? How about…? Let`s….. We could….. You could…. If we….

Talk about preference: I prefer……

Why do you prefer….. I like… best because….. I am fond of….

My favorite musician is…. I enjoy listening…

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I don`t like….. very much. I hate……

The first period: Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending

Knowledge aims: get the students to learn useful new words and expressions in this part: roll, folk, jazz, musician, pretend, attach, form, passer-by, earn, extra, instrument, perform, performance, pub, cash, studio, millionaire, actor, rely, broadcast, humorous, familiar, attractive, addition, dip, confidence, brief, devotion, afterwards, invitation, beard, sensitive, painful, dream of, to be honest, attach…to, in cash, play jokes on, rely on, be / get familiar with, or so, break up, in addition, sort out, above all Emotion aims: arouse students` great interest in music and let them like music.

Important points: let students learn more about different kinds of music and get them to learn different reading skills.

Difficult aims: how to develop students` reading ability and enjoy different kinds of music.

Step 1 Warming up

1. What kinds of music do you know?

(classical music, rock `n `roll, orchestra, rap, folk music, jazz, country music, choral, light music, pop music and so on. )

2. Can you name some musical instruments?

(piano, violin, flute, erhu, drum, saxophone, bass, electronic instrument, etc. ) 3. Warm up the students by describing and questioning.

The topic—music: it is a kind of art of making pleasing combinations of sounds in rhythm, harmony and counterpoint. Music can make a lively and happy atmosphere and bring people relaxation after had work, which can reduce the tiredness. Listening to music also makes people feel happy and nice. How much do you know about music? Can you tell me different kinds of music?

Step 2 Pre- reading

1. Ask students to answer some questions:

Have you heard about any of the famous bands in the world?

(“the Beatles”, “Back Street Boys”, “the eagles”, “West Life” and Pink Floyd” ) 2. Play the tape and let them listen to some pieces of music from different bands.

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Talk about “the Monkees”: it is a bands of four persons that was very popular in the 1990s in American and as well as a TV show of the same name and it modeled on “ the Beatles”. The band used techniques rarely seen on TV at that time. Now it is still popular in the world today. This band who first sang the song is “Bubblegum”.

Step 3 Reading

1. Predict the content of this text first.

2. Skim the passage for the topic sentences of each paragraph and fill in the chart. Paragraphs Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4

3. Read the text carefully for the detailed information to complete the tables. 1) How do people get to form a band? Members Reasons Forms Places Results High school students They like to write and play music. They may play to passer-by in the street or subway. They practice their music in someone`s home. They can earn some extra money. They may also have a chance to dream of becoming famous. 2) How was “the Monkees” formed and became a real band? Beginning of the band It began as a TV show. Style of performance First music and jokes Development of the band Topic sentences How do people get to form a band? Most musicians meet and form a band. One band started as a TV show. “the monkees” became even more popular than “the Beatls”. They played jokes on each other as well as played music. Most of them were based loosely on the band called “the Beatles”. They became more serious about their work and started to play their own instruments and write their own songs like a real band. They produced their own records and stared touring and playing their own music. Changes of the band The band broke up in about 1970, but reunited in the mid-1980s. They

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produced a new record in 1996, which was a celebration of their time as a real band.

4. Read aloud and underline the useful collocations: dream of doing, at a concert, in front of, thousands of, sing karaoke, to be honest, attach …to.., practice one`s music, play to passers-by, in the subway, earn some extra money, be paid in cash, begin as a TV show, play jokes on, be based loosely on, put an advertisement in a newspaper, look for rock musicians, rely on, pretend to do sth. be copied by, support them fiercely, get familiar with, or so, become more serious about, play their own instruments, produce one`s own records, start touring, break up, in the mid-1980s

5. Skim the text more carefully to find out the difficult sentences and analyze the structures.

6. 根据课文内容填空 Parts Part I (1) Main idea A dream Details being part of a band as a famous singer or musician playing in front of the audience becoming rich and famous as a musician Part II (2) The course of forming a band starting as a group, practicing music playing to passers-by to earn some extra money giving performances in pubs or clubs to get money Part III (3-4) The Monkees beginning as a TV show, pretending to sing performing humorously enough to be copied Playing and singing songs written by other musicians producing their own records and playing their own music becoming more popular than the Beatles breaking and later uniting, producing a new record to celebrate the band’s birth

Step 4 Discussion

1. Do you think music plays an important role in our daily life?

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